S/V Mistress

1979 Tayana

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you did not do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour, catch the tradewinds in your sails. Explore,.....Dream,.......Discover."

Friday, May 12, 2017

The Carnival of Barranquilla is without a doubt the most famous and
internationally recognized event in Colombia. Eagerly awaited by the Colombians
and all the people that want to discover and enjoy a cultural and folkloric
event, the visiting crowd will encounter activities and parades full of
cultural diversity, happiness, joy and of course music. The Carnival of
Barranquilla is the third biggest Carnival after the one of Rio de Janeiro and
Venice. Every year, the Carnival begins 4 days before the Holy Wednesday while
the most important day takes place on Saturday with the famous battle of
flowers. During the battle, afro-indigenous dancers dance el Torito, el Diablo,
la Conga (Congolese tango) and the Pilanderas. The event finishes with the
symbolic funeral of “Joselito Carnival”.

While Barranquilla’s carnaval may lack the publicity of it’s Brazilian
cousin, it’s known to be just as spectacular. The Colombian carnaval takes place
40 days before Easter, this years carnaval takes place from February 25th-28th,
2017.
Starting as a muddle of pagan, catholic, and other ethnic festivities, it has
come a long way from it’s humble roots. The Barranquilla carnaval is currently
the second largest carnival in the world drawing over 500,000 visitors every
year.
It has been declared by UNESCO to be a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible
Heritage of Humanity. For those travelers who aren’t convinced by those
impressive facts the bold slogan should change your mind, “Quien lo vive, es
quien lo goza” (Those who live are those who enjoy it).

Participants are all ages, and come from all over the country to march in the parade.

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About Us

We are hard at work getting our floating home ready to head south... Muriel and I have been planning this adventure for almost twenty five years, since we bought our first boat. We spent most of our summer weekends and holidays cruising the lakes in Ontario. When we decided to try sailing, we bought a 23 foot Grampian and learned to sail with four children in tow. The dream began. We kept that Grampian for 10 years. We then moved up to a 26 foot Mirage, cruising Lake Ontario.Then found our current boat Mistress in Annapolis MD .We are both transit operators for the Toronto Transit Comission. We have operated streetcars, subways, and buses. It has been a very rewarding career, but now its time to change our mode of transportation to.... sail! We have four children, a beautiful daughter-in-law, and three beautifull grandchildren, whom are going to be very hard to leave...... But the sea is calling us.